Okay, I give up. This guy is crazier.
Accused terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui included a multiple-choice test for Ashcroft in some of the 17 handwritten motions released Thursday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema.
Ashcroft is asked to check the box that best describes the government's view of the lone U.S. defendant charged as a conspirator with the Sept. 11 hijackers.
The choices are:
_20th hijacker.
_5th plane pilot missing in action.
_I, Ashcroft don't know.
_Let's kill him anyway.
"1st prize: 1st class seat at Zacarias Moussaoui execution," the motion said, adding, "Only joking, it is not going to happen."
The quiz isn't entirely a joke. Moussaoui astutely spotted a line in a recent court order that the government considers him a would-be fifth pilot of a hijacked plane instead of a 20th hijacker of one of the four Sept. 11 planes.
"Gone with the wind," Moussaoui said of the 20th hijacker theory, which the government says was never part of its case.
But here comes my favorite part:
In another motion, he challenged President Bush to "stop playing chicken and ... come out and fight hand-to-hand combat with knife if he want to kill me."
That would be fucking awesome. I would pay a lot of money to see that fight.
The article also mentions that Moussaoui has been kept in isolation during his stint in prison. I hear that's good for the psyche. Seriously now, the guy is mentally impaired and an admitted member of Al-Qaida and the government still finds it necessary to stack the fucking deck against him. Only recently did the judge in this case rule that Moussaoui "is entitled to learn the government's prosecution theory. That might explain Moussaoui's quiz, which Ashcroft isn't likely to answer willingly. The government, in fact, contends its prosecution theory is none of Moussaoui's business."
Yes dipshits, it is his business. I don't care how evil this guy does or does not turn out to be. Hermann Goering was entitled to learn the prosecution's theory during his trial. This guy gets at least that much. Like Walter says, "OVER THE LINE! This is not Nam Smokey, there are rules." Use the fucking rules please. They're important.
Posted by mike at May 5, 2003 05:11 AM